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The Heinkel He 177 Greif was a long-range heavy bomber flown by the Luftwaffe during World War II.The introduction of the He 177 to combat operations was significantly delayed by problems both with the development of its engines and frequent changes to its intended role.
The general arrangement Typenblatt drawings that Heinkel's firm was developing for the He 277 by mid-1943 [16] show an advanced design of heavy bomber, with a 133 square meter area (1,431.6 sq. ft.) "shoulder mount", 40 meter (131 ft 3 in) span wing design, four separate BMW 801E powerplants of 1,471 kW (2,000 PS, 1,973 hp) output each at take ...
Brodie's Steel Helmet, Type B: with the shell made from Hadfield (manganese) steel. Helmet, Steel, Mark I: introduced in Spring, 1916, a modified version of the Brodie helmet with a wholly redesigned liner and a mild steel rim to the shell. In 1917, a rubber ring or "doughnut" was added between the liner and the top of the shell, and in 1935 ...
TIE/sa bomber: Introduced in The Empire Strikes Back, TIE/sa bombers are seen bombing asteroids in the hunt for the Millennium Falcon. The design stems from an unused "TIE boarding craft" concept originally developed for A New Hope. [22] The TIE bomber's double-hull design led ILM's modelmakers to dub the ship a "double chili dog" fighter. [22]
Weather reconnaissance for VIII Bomber Command prior to March 1944 was provided on an ad hoc basis. The 18th Weather Squadron, which provided the command with weather observation and forecasting services through detachments located on each of the command's bases, detailed observers who flew on aircraft of various heavy bomber groups of the command.
The Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow was a heavy bomber designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Handley Page.It was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and used during the Second World War, although not as a bomber.
Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber; Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber; Consolidated OA-10 Catalina Army PBY flying boat/patrol bomber; Consolidated Vultee XP-81 fighter; Vultee XA-41 prototype ground attack aircraft; Culver PQ-8/A-8 radio-controlled target aircraft; Culver PQ-14 Cadet radio-controlled target aircraft; Curtiss A-12 ...
It trained with Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bombers until February 1944, when it departed for the European Theater of Operations. [1] [3] The ground echelon departed Wendover on 12 February for the port of embarkation at Camp Shanks, New York, sailing aboard the USAT Frederick Lykes on 28 February. The air echelon ferried their Liberators ...